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| Where to Try a Terrorist Suspect
April 17th, 2010
 Almost 10 years later, a group of families fight for a civil trial rather than a military tribunal for the accused 9/11 mastermind... |
| Rethinking Afghanistan: Is Obama’s Strategy a Dead End?
April 7th, 2009
Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, Terry Rockefeller of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, and Kathleen Foster director of Afghan Women: A History of Struggle, and Sean Duggan of the Center for American Progress discuss the future role of the US in Afghanistan on GRITtv with Laura Flanders... |
| PT Members interviewed on Democracy Now on the 7th Anniversary of 9-11.
In two separate segments on Democracy Now, Amy Goodman interviews Terry Rockefeller, just returned from her second trip to Iraq where she met members of a new Iraqi peace group called "LaOnf," and Rita Lasar, who went to Afghanistan a few months after losing her brother Abe in the World Trade Center attacks...
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| Terry Rockefeller Speaks about LaOnf on GRITtv
September 12th, 2008
Just back from an extraordinary meeting – in Iraq, attended by Iraqi civilians from all over that nation who are committed to strengthening their country through non-violence, Terry speaks with GRITtv about September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows' partnership with the organization LaOnf "No Violence", which convened that meeting in Erbil. The families are currently organizing house parties to screen a documentary about non violent options in Iraq. You'll see some of it here... |
| PT member appears on WBAI's "Heart of Mind" to speak about PT's work with LAONF
June 13th, 2008
PT member John Leinung appeared on WBAI's "Heart of Mind" with Rick Ulfik, Founder and Director of We, The World on Thursday, June 12, to speak about PT's work with LAONF, the Iraqi network of 42 organizations, trade unions and associations committed to using non-violent means to end the sectarian violence and bring peace and stability to Iraq. |
| U.S. to televise Guantanamo trials to 9-11 families
by Jane Sutton, Reuters
April 18th, 2008
The U.S. military will televise the Guantanamo trial of accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other suspects so relatives of those killed in the attacks can watch on the U.S. mainland. |
| Stonewalk, Korea
February 24th, 2008
In the spring of 2007, Japanese peace and reconciliation activists commissioned a memorial stone with the inscription "Unknown Civilians Killed in War" in English, and, below this, "In Apology, Friendship,and Peace" in Japanese and Korean. Joining together with Korean and American counterparts, including a representative of Peaceful Tomorrows, they formed STONEWALK KOREA 2007.
Pushing the one-ton stone in a cart in procession, they traveled through South Korea, starting in Pusan at the end of April and arriving in Panmunjeom, next to the DMZ, in June.
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| PT Members appear in "Finding Our Voices"
February 20th, 2008
FINDING OUR VOICES is a feature-length documentary that introduces the audience to peaceful patriots, including members of Peaceful Tomorrows, who march, sacrifice their jobs, risk imprisonment, and face ridicule to act for a peaceful world. |
| Terry Kay Rockefeller on PRI's "The World"
February 11th, 2008
Lisa Mullins speaks with Terry Rockefeller, whose sister Laura perished on 9/11 in one of the World Trade Center towers, about her reaction to the news that U.S. military prosecutors will seek the death penalty for six Guantánamo detainees charged in connection to the 9/11 attacks. |
| PRI's "The World" Radio - September 11 Families
The story of three members of an organization called "September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows." The group members advocate a non-violent response to the attacks and encourage actions that promote peace. |
| City mayor extols peace for Sept. 11
by Chris Treadway, Contra Costa Times
As the nation observes the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks Tuesday, Richmond [CA] Mayor Gayle McLaughlin is using the occasion to deliver a message of nonviolence that she hopes will resonate with the community.. |
| Remembering September 11
by Marianne Williamson, Oprah and Friends Radio
In observance of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Marianne talks with members of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, an organization founded by family members of September 11 victims. |
| U.S., Iraqi School Teacher Create Peace Bridge for Students from Brooklyn to Baghdad
Three years ago, Brooklyn school teacher Bruce Wallace created a project to teach students about the people on the “other side” of the Iraqi war and to create a peace bridge between the two sides. For years Wallace and Iraqi Romance literature teacher Nesreen, as well as their students, corresponded by email. The Americans and Iraqis exchanged emails about their lives, war and growing up in Brooklyn and Baghdad. |
| A salute to a fallen hero
by JESSICA LYONS, Queens Courier
Talat Hamdani spoke and was presented with an award at “Common Chords: A Celebration of Muslim and Jewish Music” which recognized her son Mohammad Alam Hamdani |
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